One dead, one injured in ‘violent incident’ in northeast

Trevor Howell and Erika Stark, Calgary Herald05.23.2013

Next door neighbour Frank Papp talks with police investigators at the scene of a violent death in Huntington Hills on Saturday morning. One man was found dead and another injured in the Friday afternoon incident.Gavin Young
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A car in the back yard of a home that was the scene of a violent death in Huntington Hills. One man was found dead and another injured in the Friday afternoon incident.Gavin Young
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Police guard the scene of a violent death in Huntington Hills on Saturday morning. One man was found dead and another injured in the Friday afternoon incident.Gavin Young
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Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB.; MAY 24, 2013 -- Police take a woman into custody on Hunterhorn Crescent after reports of a shooting and/or knifing Friday May 24, 2013 on nearby Hunterhorn Drive. Scaneer traffic indicated the woman and/or a man with her lived in a house being surrounded in connection with the incident. (Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald) For City story by Trevor Howell. Trax # NATed Rhodes
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Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit surround a home on Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. on Friday.Colleen De Neve
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Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit surround a home on Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. on Friday.Colleen De Neve
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Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB.; MAY 24, 2013 -- Police take a man into custody on Hunterhorn Crescent after reports of a shooting and/or knifing Friday May 24, 2013 on nearby Hunterhorn Drive. Scaneer traffic indic ated the man lived in a house being surrounded in connection with the incident. (Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald) For City story by Trevor Howell. Trax # NATed Rhodes
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Police take a man into custody on Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. after one man was found dead and another sent to hospital on nearby Hunterhorn Drive.Ted Rhodes
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Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit surround a home on Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. on Friday.Colleen De Neve
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Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit surround a home on Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. on Friday.Colleen De Neve
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Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB.; MAY 24, 2013 -- Police take a woman into custody on Hunterhorn Crescent after reports of a shooting and/or knifing Friday May 24, 2013 on nearby Hunterhorn Drive. Scaneer traffic indicated the woman and/or a man with her lived in a house being surrounded in connection with the incident. (Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald) For City story by Trevor Howell. Trax # NATed Rhodes
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Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB.; MAY 24, 2013 -- Police take a man into custody on Hunterhorn Crescent after reports of a shooting and/or knifing Friday May 24, 2013 on nearby Hunterhorn Drive. Scaneer traffic indic ated the man lived in a house being surrounded in connection with the incident. (Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald) For City story by Trevor Howell. Trax # NATed Rhodes
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Ted Rhodes/ Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB --MAY 24, 2013 --Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit set up in front of a home on Hunterhorn Crescent on May 24, 2013. (Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald) (For City story by NONE) 00045531A SLUG: Code 300Colleen De Neve
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Residents of the northeast neighbourhood of Huntington Hills still don’t know what happened in a “violent incident” that blocked off a street and forced many in the community to stay in their homes for much of Friday evening.

Police remained tight-lipped Saturday about an altercation that left one man dead and another taken to hospital with serious injuries. The homicide unit is currently investigating and an autopsy is expected to be completed on Monday.

Calgary police were called to a house in the 100-block of Hunterhorn Crescent N.E. at about 4:30 p.m. Friday following reports of gunshots.

Police, including the tactical unit, swarmed the residence and cordoned off several blocks, closing traffic at Hunterhorn Gate and Hunterhorn Crescent N.E.

Frank Papp lives next door to the house and said he and his wife were unaware of anything going on until police arrived.

“We didn’t hear anything,” Papp said. “It was a quiet commotion.”

He tried to leave his home at one point but said police told him to stay inside.

“There was a load of officers,” Papp said. “It was overwhelming to say the least.”

Residents returning home from work were turned away.

Echo Nie, who lives across the street, said she was told by police to stay away from the area when she tried to return home at about 5 p.m. Friday night.

She wasn’t allowed back into her house until 9:30 p.m., but her 14-year-old daughter was at home the whole time.

Police told Nie’s daughter and other neighbours to stay away from doors and windows and take shelter in their basements.

“She was scared,” Nie said. “She just hid in my bedroom.”

Those that were turned away were eventually allowed to return to their homes later in the day with a police escort.

Police said one man suffered injuries following a fight with one or more other men. The man approached neighbours asking for medical attention.

The man, in his late 20s, was later taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, according to EMS.

A second man was later found dead inside a vehicle near the scene.

Police would not comment on the type of injuries the victims suffered, but acting duty inspector Paul Wozney did confirm that shots had been fired.

Norm Picard, whom neighbours respectfully refer to as the resident watchdog, was jolted by banging at his door on Friday.

Picard said he looked outside to see someone running away.

Police arrived soon after and warned the longtime resident to hide out in his basement.

While Picard said he wasn’t sure “what the hell was going on,” a neighbour later told him “a Chinese kid got beat up.”

“They dumped him at the corner house,” Picard said.

Papp said three young men had been renting the house since after Christmas but he never met them personally.

“They were the kind of people that weren’t quick to make friends with the neighbours,” he said.

He added that the men were “very active people” at night, working on cars, and that there were often “a lot of vehicles” at the house,

“They appeared to be backyard car fixers,” Papp said.

A man and a woman, believed to be related to the residence, were taken into custody for questioning, Wozney said.

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